Thought Redykyulass was hilarious? Wait until you see this

I think it’s safe to say that real, and actually funny comedy in Kenya started with the Redykyulas crew. Remember these guys, Nyambane, KJ and Tony? Even the then president, Moi, was happy with these cats (not everyone could make fun of the old guy and walk away with it). These guys paved the way for most comedians and made it possible for sketch comedy to work in Kenya.

Sadly, every good thing comes to an end, and so it did. So did Red Corner, which came later on to replace it. Plus, it just came a time that there was too much comedy acts going on revolving around political incidents. Kenyan sketch comedy went H.A.M on this, till XYZ Show brought them all down.

But now, this new sketch comedy show that is about to be launched on the Kenyan screens is about to bring the Kenyan comedy to a whole new level. Titled, ‘The Comedy Club’, it will indeed have that club feeling. Oh yes, music is involved.

The Comedy Club is hosted by the famous JB and Allan duo and is produced by the Insignia Productions, the same production house that brought us Mheshimiwa and Changing Times. This comedy show will however not be like all the other comedy shows that we have experienced over the years, no. Not at all. Like I said, this is the revolution of sketch comedy.

JB and Allan

The Comedy Club will have a different celebrity host on every episode, which will be, by the way, in front of a live studio audience. A series of short acted snippets will then be played for the audience, just like Redykyulas used to do it, only with better coverage and away from politics.

That’s not all. Every episode will also have a guest artiste who will thrill the audience with a short acoustic performance. If the artiste is not familiar with the guitar strings, it will be played for him/her as he performs.

We have seen the first episode and take it from us, you won’t miss Churchill Live as soon as this show replaces it, as hard as that is to believe.

With that said, you may now take out your troll hammer.